Joe Lo Truglio

Joe Lo Truglio may not have been the flashiest member of the '90s sketch comedy troupe The State, but his amiable goofiness and try-anything approach has served him well. After joining the NYU-based g...
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It's August now, which means that days are getting shorter, movie theaters are trading explosions for emotional drama, and fall television premieres are fast approaching. Sure, you could spend these last few weeks enjoying the sunshine or going to the beach, but wouldn't it be more fun (and productive) to use the longer days to finally have that Scandal marathon you've been meaning to get to? Once September comes, you'll have a hard time finding the time in your schedule and space in your DVR to keep track of all of the biggest, buzziest, and most addicting shows on television. In order to help you use the end of summer wisely, we've run down all of the shows you should make time to catch up on before they return in the fall. After all, do you really want to be the only one who can't quote Luther the Anger Translator? We thought not.
Scandal: Returns September 25 at 9 pm The fun of watching Scandal consists of one part shouting at the television (“No, Olivia! You’re better than him!”), one part attempting to keep up with the crazy twists and turns, and one part live-tweeting the show with a glass of wine. Don’t be the only person on you timeline not keeping up with Olivia, Fitz, and Mellie just because the last season started giving you a headache. Besides, this is your shot to try and catch all of the ridiculous ways that the show tried to conceal Kerry Washington’s pregnancy with drapey cardigans and well-placed props. Where to Catch Up: Netflix Instant
Brooklyn Nine-Nine: Returns September 28 at 8:30 pm We know, we know: you’re not a fan of Andy Samberg. That’s okay, you’re still going to love Brooklyn Nine-Nine anyway. Though the first few episodes were focused more on his character, Jake Peralta, the show quickly settled into an ensemble comedy that balanced out his over-the-top traits to find a remarkably self-assured sitcom, despite only producing one season. Come on, you know you want to watch Andre Braugher deadpan his way through a conversation about hula hopping, Terry Crews attempt to put together a princess castle and Joe Lo Truglio talk about “mouth feel.” (It’s less gross than it sounds.) Where to Catch Up: Hulu Plus
Parks and Recreation: Return date TBA We’ll be the first to admit that the sixth season of Parks and Rec wasn’t the show’s strongest. Still the back half had plenty of strong episodes and hilarious moments – including Ben drunkenly attempting to climb a fence and Donna threatening to embarrass her cousin, Ginuwine, at the Unity Concert - and the season finale shook everything up before the seventh and final season. And let’s be real, you probably still haven’t hit Chris Pratt overload yet, and there’s no greater joy than watching him run around a store in giddy excitement because Leslie let him get two candies. Where to Catch Up: Netflix Instant, Hulu Plus
Key and Peele: Returns September 24 at 10:30 pm If you don’t fall into spasms of laughter every time you hear a football player’s ridiculous name or don’t understand why people keep pluralizing “Liam Neeson,” you definitely need to watch Key and Peele. Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele are masters of sketch comedy, and every episode has something for everyone, whether you’re interested in political satire, poorly-financed music videos, or substitute teachers prone to rage blackouts. Even President Obama watches Key and Peele, so you really should too. Where to Catch Up: Comedy Central.com, YouTube, Amazon
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Sleepy Hollow: Returns September 22 at 9 pm The surprise hit of last year, Sleepy Hollow is the perfect mix of ridiculous, over-the-top camp and intense, twist-heavy drama. Maybe you never took it seriously in the first place, or maybe you couldn’t get into the first few episodes, but now’s the time to embrace the cheesy, supernatural excitement in order to add a little fun to your fall TV schedule. Trust us: it’s worth following for Nicole Beharie and Tom Misom’s chemistry alone. Where to Catch Up: Hulu Plus
Arrow: Returns October 8 at 8 pm Just in case you haven’t had enough superheroes, the CW has a few small-screen options as well. Arrow has everything you love about superhero movies, like handsome men, well-choreographed action sequences, wisecracking supporting characters, and the campy ridiculousness that comes with a show that features long sequences of Stephen Amell working out, on an addicting, weekly basis. All it’s really missing is a talking tree. Where to Catch Up: Netflix Instant, Hulu Plus
Parenthood: Returns September 25 at 10 pm Sometimes you want a television show that will keep you on the edge of your seat, sometimes you want a show that will make you laugh, but sometimes you want a show that will make you cry your eyes out and maybe call your mom. Parenthood is that show; it’s charming, relatable, heartwarming and tear-jerking and will help you recover from a bad day at work with a nice, cathartic cry. And for Friday Night Lights fans, there’s the additional benefit of trying to find the connections to Dillon. Where to Catch Up: Netflix Instant, Hulu Plus
The Mindy Project: Returns September 16 at 9:30 pm The Mindy Project isn’t a perfect show, but between seasons one and two, it’s improved drastically thanks to the addition of Xosha Roquemore and Adam Pally and the charming, goofy chemistry between Mindy Kaling and Chris Messina, which helped transform Danny Castellano from a handsome curmudgeon to a genuine romantic lead. Sure, the episodes are still a bit hit and miss and Ed Weeks deserves more than a B-plot, but there’s plenty to love about The Mindy Project, even if it is a bit difficult to get past the idea of Dennis Reynolds wooing a girl without the D.E.N.N.I.S. system. Where to Catch Up: Hulu Plus
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Andy Samberg's ensemble cop comedy Brooklyn Nine-Nine had quite the first year campaign, winning the Golden Globe for best comedy series. As a reward for the good work, Fox will move the show next season to Sunday nights, sandwiched between The Simpsons and Family Guy. For anyone wondering, Brooklyn will in fact still be a live action show next season, even if the Fox move might make you wonder if the programming executives realize that.
Tuesday Was Bad Enough
Brooklyn Nine-Nine spent its freshman season already leading into two sitcoms that it didn't mesh with: New Girl and The Mindy Project (with Dads providing a weak lead-in). The fact that it survived is a testament to the show's strong writing and the outstanding performances of Samberg, Andre Braugher, Terry Crews, Joe Lo Truglio, and the rest of the cast.
Fox's reasoning for moving the show is to put it in a grouping with other male oriented fare, since Samberg's core audience really isn't too much different from his Saturday Night Live predecessor Adam Sandler.
On the surface, the reasoning makes some sense, but is the audience for Brooklyn really the same as those of either The Simpsons (at this point in the show's run anyway) or Family Guy? Samberg's show is closer in tone to some of the workplace ensemble comedies of the '70s… a descendant of programs like Barney Miller and Taxi by way of The Office. Even when it veers into broad comedy, there's a certain level of sophistication in the way that Brooklyn approaches its funny business.
A Scheduling Problem (and Solution)
Unfortunately, Fox boxed itself into a corner with its schedule, given the number of hour-long shows the network has on its grid. In a roundabout way, they tried to partner Brooklyn with freshman sitcom Mulaney, which also comes from the Lorne Michaels tree. It follows former SNL writer John Mulaney as an aspiring stand-up comedian working for Martin Short. Mulaney is set to follow Family Guy on Sunday nights. That show faces much the same problem as Brooklyn… how much of an audience does it share with Seth MacFarlane's long-running series? Family Guy, though, is still a proven ratings winner so Fox isn't going to move it… meaning that Brooklyn and Mulaney are stuck on either side of it.
Both shows would've been better served being paired together on Wednesday night in the 8 - 9 PM time slot. While Survivor continues to pull decent ratings for CBS there, neither ABC's offering of The Middle and The Goldbergs nor NBC's new series The Mysteries of Laura would have been impossible to overcome. With a Golden Globe in its back pocket, you would think that Fox would have confidence in letting Brooklyn lead off a night of its own.
While bouncing a show around a network's schedule is a time-honored way of killing it, Fox should consider making another move with Brooklyn Nine-Nine the next time that it's making scheduling adjustments when a couple of its new show inevitably fail and build a block of programming around Samberg and his merry band of cops… instead of trying to squeeze them into the schedule wherever they can.
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Role Models actor Joe Lo Truglio is a married man. Lo Truglio wed actress Beth Dover in San Luis Obispo, California on Saturday (19Apr14).
The couple tied the knot in a rustic ceremony in front of 200 guests, including Paul Rudd, Bobby Cannavale, Jordan Peele, Thomas Lennon, and his Brooklyn Nine-Nine co-stars Andy Samberg and Chelsea Perretti.
The newlyweds, who shared the screen together in dating show spoof Burning Love as well as Brooklyn Nine-Nine, became engaged last year (13).

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All good things must eventually come to an end, and this season of Brooklyn Nine-Nine is no exception. But they went out with a bang, wrapping up several season-long arcs and leaving off on as much of a cliff-hanger as a feel-good sitcom could possibly manage: Peralta has been fired from the NYPD.
After spending weeks staking out a community leader under suspicion of money laundering and drug trafficking, against both Holt and Commissioner Podolski's wishes, Peralta manges to get Santiago and the captain to join him in gathering evidence. The whole operation culminates in Peralta purposefully getting fired in order to go undercover with the FBI to investigate the Iannucci crime family. He's already got his backstory worked out. Meanwhile, Boyle and Vivian have broken up over their inability to decide on a place to live, and Boyle has fallen into a spiral of despair and depression. Luckily, he's got Diaz and Sgt. Jeffords around to help him get over his broken heart.
So, which characters are cartoon thumbs-up and which ones are faces with exes for eyes? Let's all be little boy and little girl holding hands and decide who were the MVPs of Brooklyn Nine-Nine's season finale, "Charges and Specs."
PeraltaAlthough Peralta started the season as the weakest character on the show, he has progressed to become one of the funniest, most three-dimensional characters in the precinct. It's a testament to both the writers and Andy Samberg that Peralta has come far enough to support this new undercover storyline, as the old Peralta wouldn't have been compelling enough to pull it off. - Like every white guy who has ever played pick-up basketball, Peralta shouts "Kobe!" before taking a shot, only to have the ball slammed back into his face. It seemed like an obvious goaltend, but that's beside the point. - Peralta: "Trust me, this is reliable tittle-tattle!" - A special shout-out to the actor who played Young Jake for his pitch-perfect delivery of the depressed, "We were gonna grind!" - On the pace of pursuing justice: "Could it be gently nudged into hyper-speed?" - Peralta's thrift store dance is even funnier at full-speed than it is in slow motion. There are few people who can flail their arms as well as Samberg can. - Watching Holt dance: "Who is he?!" - Peralta's preferred method of getting fired? "And your mother! All of your mothers! And your grandmothers! And all of your grandmothers' little dogs! You can't handle the me!" - Receiving his undercover assignment: "Eyes closed, head first, can't lose!"
Holt This week, we got a new insight into Holt, and we learned everything from his secret dancing skills to his favorite breakfast. Andre Braugher's exceptionally deadpan delivery will be dearly missed over the hiatus. - Even better than the reveal that Holt ended an eight-year relationship with a calm handshake is the welcome return of Holt's old-school cop mustache. - Peralta: "I brought you your favorite breakfast: a plain bagel and a water." / Holt: "Don't try to soften me up." - Holt is a master at charming judges. He's had so many great lines this season, but someone Braugher managed to make "Wassup," the single funniest thing he has said all season. I'm pretty sure Peralta and I were making the exact same face at that moment.- On his ability to seduce women: "I find many women want... what they can't have." - Interrupting the thrift store montage: "Jake, the overwhelming time pressure." - Holt is an exceptional ballroom dancer. Also, his solo cha-cha as he attempts to get Peralta to focus is a thing of beauty.
BoyleJoe Lo Truglio can play a lovable sad sack better than almost anyone else on television right now, and "Charges and Specs" gave him the best venue yet to showcase those talents. - Boyle, dressed like an extra from The Matrix, brokenly declares that "Life is a pit," after Vivian dumps him. - The running joke about Boyle only eating "eggs in a bag" for sustenance provided some of the night's best visual gags. Between him keeping one in his pocket for later and swallowing them whole, Lo Truglio managed to sell every gross, pathetically hilarious moment. - A text Boyle sent to Peralta: "I finally know what a used napkin at a barbecue restaurant feels like." - On his hand injury: "It makes it hard to navigate my egg-sack." - Boyle, stalling at the hearing: "I only heard Det. Peralta talk about Lucas Wint once. We were in my car. I took Vivian on our first real date in that car. Vivian is my fiancee. My ex-fiancee. My never-wife." - Finding out that Peralta is going undercover: "I feel like my heart just threw up."
SantiagoThis week combined Santiago's desperate need to please Holt with her determination to do the right thing, and Melissa Fumero nailed every line and reaction she was given. And that dress did make her look like a mermaid. - Holt is the executor of Santiago's will. - Sticking up for Peralta: "Sir, I am Amy Santiago, and I have something to say, I think you're wrong. I think Peralta is onto something, and I think you should let him pursue it. I'm Amy Santiago, and I'm done talking." - On working the Wint case: "We're both off-roading it here. My internal GPS has been recalculating for a week." - Santiago gets nervous about winning the dance contest, even though they're undercover. Also, she says the word "dance" every time she takes a step. - She decides to sell her fake crying by shouting "Oh, god! I live to dance!"
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On this week's Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Peralta is desperate to close an "unsolvable" case: Case 52ABX-32QJ, in which a man was murdered via an exploding boat, leaving behind only a charred finger and a melted torso for evidence. Since he and Terry were originally assigned the case eight years ago, Perlata convinces Terry to give up his weekend as well and help out. Of course, the real reason that Peralta wants to spend his weekend working is to distract himself from the fact that Santiago and her new boyfriend Teddy (Kyle Bornheimer) are taking a lovely weekend trip to the Berkshires. Well, they were, until Santiago remembered she agreed to help Captain Holt with a community organization meeting.
Meanwhile, Boyle and Vivian are still working through their move to Ottawa, which means he spends much of his workday on the phone. But since the precinct isn't a great place to have an emotional conversation — what with all of the hijinks, murder and holding cells full of perps — Diaz helps him out by introducing him to "Babylon," the secret bathroom she and Gina use as a private getaway. So, break out the Salt 'N' Pepa and your animal-covered nap blankets, because it's time to close a difficult case of our own: determining the MVP's of "Unsolvable."
Terry Jeffords It can be tough to balance being both an authority figure and one of the goofiest characters on the show, but Terry Crews always manages to find the right combination of the two. - It's not a fancy tea party without napkins in the shape of swans, and luckily, Terry is the king of origami napkins. - In a beautiful flashback, we learn that eight years ago, Terry wore Kangol hats to work, Peralta had frosted tips and Boyle had, quite possibly, the worst haircut of all time. - Peralta: "That doesn't sound good." / Terry: "I know. That's why I sad 'bad news.' Terry believes in having a clear topic sentence." - On Taylor Swift: "SHE MAKES ALL OF US FEEL THINGS!" - Peralta: "Do they run from the bulls in Pamplona?" / Terry: "Yes. That's the whole point of it." - Terry's biceps often mock people. It's a good thing to know. - Jake and Terry drunkenly dancing to "Whatta Man" is the best capper of the season. There is little in this world that is more delightful than Crews dancing, so it's no surprise that almost all of Brooklyn Nine-Nine's best music moments have come from him.
Santiago and Holt Santiago spends so much time sucking up to Holt that it was a nice change of pace to see her attempt to get out of doing something for him for a change. Melissa Fumero plays flustered beautifully, and this week she nailed every single reaction shot. And since she and Andre Braugher are always hilarious together, it's no surprise that their scenes were some of the funniest of the night. - Holt sprained his wrist hula-hooping: "Kevin and I attend a class for fitness and for fun. I've mastered all the moves: the Pizza Toss, the Tornado, the Scorpion, the Oopsie-Doodle." And the only person who knows this is Peralta, because "no one will ever believe [him]." Braugher's devious face as he deletes the photos is a thing of beauty. - Santiago, on her dental pain: "I am a rock, I am an island, I... have lapsed into song lyrics again." - Holt, giving last year's audio-visual presentation: "I... just deleted... everything." - Holt: "My brother-in-law is one of the best oral surgeons in the quint-state area." / Santaigo: "That's two better than the tri-state area." - Santiago: "I may be a liar, but I have great teeth, and no one can take that from me." / Dentist: "Have you ever heard of over-brushing?" / Santiago: "Oh, no."- After Santiago finds out she has seven cavities, Holt chides: "I have to say, I feel like you deserve this." - When asking for the following weekend off, Santiago starts with "I know this comes right on the heels of betraying you, but..." - Fumero had the night's best bit of phsyical comedy when her drink just spills down her face, since Santiago still can't feel her mouth.
Gina After a few weeks of Gina-heavy episodes, she took a backseat this week, and mostly hung around to help keep Boyle's storyline moving. Chelsea Peretti can deliver almost any line perfectly, and this week was a wonderful showcase for that talent. - After Santiago describes the activities she and Teddy have planned: "Sounds like you two have a lovely lesbian vacation planned." - On excuses for getting out of work: "Can't go wrong with dental emergency, or a death of a triplet. Now that one you can use twice." - Gina, on Babylon: "It's the best thing in my life, and I have a very full life. Do you know I know Papa John? The Papa John." / Diaz: "Someone is lying to you." - Diaz introduced Gina to Babylon after she got a stomach flu at a sewer rave. "Fun night, though." - After Holt forces Santiago into seeing a dentist, Gina rubs in her failure at lying with: "He's a good dude. He's a good, good dude." - Gina's over wolves. She's into angry unicorns now.
Scully and Hitchcock The fact that Scully and Hitchcock are only interested in being decent detectives when there's a secret bathroom involved is both hilarious and wonderfully fitting. They perfectly capped off that reveal with a one-two punch of them bullying Boyle into revealing Babylon's location, and then using their new secluded restroom to wash their clothes in the sink. It's kind of amazing that these two still have jobs considering how ridiculous they are.
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Boyle's wedding day is fast approaching on Brooklyn Nine-Nine, and he asks Peralta to be his best man — the forlover to his brudgom, if you're Danish — a role that Peralta accepts with enthusiasm. But his duties aren't all whiskey and cigars, and Peralta needs to find a way to help Boyle confess to Vivian that he doesn't want to move to suburban Ottowa with her. Meanwhile, Holt is attempting to coach Diaz into apologizing to a younger officer that she humiliated after he messed up her crime scene, and Terry, Santiago, and Gina are on a crash-diet that involves eating solitary almonds and see-through slices of cantaloupes for lunch. Needless to say, the hypoglycemic rage that results isn't pretty.
So, which characters from "Fancy Brugdom" are going to live forever, and which ones gave up easy? How long was Scully in that coma? And what does Diaz read at her book club?
Terry Jeffords Terry Crews is a delight. He sells even the silliest moments of the diet storyline with enthusiasm (that cantaloupe song is still stuck in my head), and manages to make his more serious moments equally as entertaining. - "My wife heard about it at Mommy and Me Graphic Design. Or maybe it was Toddler Karate. She takes our little ladies to so many classes, I can't keep them all straight!" - On the diet: "Pro tip: lick the baggie. There's food molecules in there!" - Contemplating the see-through thin wedge of cantaloupe that is his lunch: "Santiago! Come hold this so it looks bigger in your tiny hands!" - Terry and Santiago have a "Cantaloupe Time" song. Terry sings bass, Santiago takes the high parts, and it comes with a wonderful head-wiggling dance. Also, for a song that has two lines, it's surprisingly catchy. - "We were on the same team, until you deserted me for Team Eating Food! Was that a good burn? I'm so hungry, I can't tell." - Terry proves how strong he's feeling by casually lifting up a car. - The "fart attack" that Terry has is probably the stupidest gag that Brooklyn Nine-Nine has featured yet, but Crews' humiliated face, and his desperate order to "get back inside!" sold every second of it.
Peralta Despite his usual immaturity, Peralta throws himself completely into his duties as Best Man, and devotes himself to supporting Boyle in all of his decisions. It's clear that Peralta's friends mean a lot to him, and so it was good to see him dedicate his time and effort into helping Boyle get up the courage to talk to his fiancee about their impending move. - Boyle asks Peralta to be his Best Man by hiding a bow tie in his beer, and Peralta is so honored that he learns Danish, buys nurse shoes to last through his day of wedding planning, and forces Boyle to talk to Vivian with a well-timed baton to the knee. - Santiago: "Are you gonna set up shop in a strip club?" / Peralta: "What kind of shop would I set up? Hand sanitizer! I would sell hand sanitizer." - "According to Boyle, the Danes throw the most beautiful weddings. And the most violent funerals." - Boyle: "Hello, my beautiful, big BM!" / Peralta: "Best Man. Best Man is fine." - After Boyle tells Peralta that he's planning to retire and move to Ottowa with Vivian: "We're supposed to die on the force together! Me in a big explosion and you committing suicide at my funeral out of respect." - After Vivian mentions that peasants in Ancient Egypt drank beer for breakfast: "Well, that explains why all of their buildings are crooked." - Peralta always comes up with the smoothest excuses. This week's? "I have a mole on my back that needs looking at, and Charles has eyes." - Boyle: "Am I planning the worst wedding ever?" / Peralta: "Second worst. Red wedding, Game of Thrones."
Holt and Diaz It seems like Holt and Diaz wouldn't be a hilarious pairing, simply because they're so much alike, but Andre Braugher and Stephanie Beatriz find a way to make their sarcastic, deadpan deliveries compliment each other. - Holt, after Terry tells everyone about the twins' various activities: "Childhood truly is a time of wonder." - When Diaz finds out that the officer filed a formal complaint against her, she asks "Did he fill it out in crayon?" and Holt responds "No, but he did fill it out in green pen, which is crazy to me."- Holt staring murderously at Diaz's written apology after he lights it on fire was brilliant. If they said he lit it on fire by channeling pure fury with his eyes, I'd completely buy it. - Holt and Diaz repeating "I'm sorry" to each other in various inflections of deadpan could have been dumb, but both Braugher and Beatriz nailed every second of it. - Diaz's sincere apology: "I'm sorry for your goat face, your rodent brain, and your terrible, goose body!" Also, she's sorry for talking about Officer Deitmore to her book club. "Those people don't even know you. That wasn't cool." - Holt doesn't know who Emperor Palpatine is. - Diaz: "I'm sorry." / Holt: "Please, Diaz. Don't make a scene."
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It's tactical village day on Brooklyn Nine-Nine, a departmentally-mandated time for the precinct to test out new weapons, run through practice simulations, and let off steam and bond as a unit. Or, if you're Peralta, it's the perfect opportunity to pretend to be in an action movie. Unfortunately, before the squad can complete their run, they first have to deal with some personal issues: Diaz isn't speaking to Boyle because she's upset that she isn't invited to his wedding now that he's over her, and Peralta is jealous over Santiago's flirty relationship with an old boyfriend (Kyle Bornheimer). The fact that his precinct has just set the course record while the 99 has yet to complete a perfect run isn't helping matters either. Meanwhile, Holt has become addicted to a Candy Crush-like game called Kwazy Cupcakes, and since Gina was the one who introduced him to it, she takes it upon herself to help him break out of the game's sparkly clutches.
But like the tactical village itself, not everyone in this episode of Brooklyn Nine Nine can come out on top. So, who wins the children's karate trophy for delivering the funniest moments of "Tactical Village," and who is better off sticking with the Sarge and doing absolutely nothing?
Jake Peralta Peralta's goofy behavior is an important part of the show, but sometimes his shtick can get a bit old, which is why it was a nice change of pace to watch him become a determined, no-nonsense cop, and Andy Samberg does a great job of allowing some of that silliness to shine through in Peralta's more competent moments. - "I have a sexy voice. Champagne. Mountain range. Hugs." Other words Peralta thinks are sexy? Jesuit, horticulture, and lamb, with an over-enunciated "b." - Samberg's disgusted face when Boyle declares deep ocean trenches to be the sexiest geographical feature was the best reaction shot of the night. - Arriving at the tactical village: "Hey, Ronnie! They upgraded you from bystander to perp! Congrats, man. I'm gonna shoot your head off." - Peralta: "I love guns. I'm gonna make such a great dad." Santiago: "Not gonna touch that." Jake: "The Amy Santiago Story!" - Peralta's no-nonsense cop persona is Vic Kovak, an ex-Navy Seal who was double-crossed and left for dead. Although, he really should have gone for the sister stabbing, because emotionally, that's much richer. - Santiago: "You won coolest kill!" Peralta: "No, it tuns out that anyone can just buy a children's karate trophy online."
Boyle and Diaz Now that Boyle has finally gotten over Diaz, it's been great to watch them become friends, but the best part of this plot was that it gave us some more insight into Diaz, who si still one of the most one-dimensional characters on the show. It's surprising that Diaz, who is usually so aggressive and confrontational, is unable to actually talk to Boyle about why she's upset, but watching her passive-aggressively torture him is hilarious. - Boyle's insinuating voice sounds like Meryl Streep in Mamma Mia. - Things Diaz looks for in a guy? "Real stuff. Like the shape of his ass." - Boyle, writhing on the floor as Diaz tests out a weapon that uses sound-waves to torture people: "Why is this happening?! I can taste my thoughts!" - Diaz's plan is to avoid talking to Boyle until she's on her deathbed, at which point she will get in the last word and then promptly die. "I have 77 arguments I plan to win this way." Terry: "That's a terrible plan." Diaz: " Now it's 78." - After Diaz clues him in to the other meaning of STD (besides 'save the date'), Boyle responds: "That is correct. However, it is very expensive to have those cards reprinted, so we're just leaning into it. Rosa Diaz, will you accept my STD?" Diaz: "I look forward to having it forever." - After Vivian asks why Rosa coming to the wedding would be weird: "it would be weird because... I'm weird. WooooOoooohOoooohOooh. I'm leaving now."
Holt and Gina Let's be honest, here: Holt and Gina's plot this week was about as stupid as Kwazy Cupcakes is. Luckily, both Andre Braugher and Chelsea Peretti manage to make their interactions some of the funniest moments of the night, and Braugher's ability to deliver ridiculous lines in a complete deadpan is always a delight. - Gina: "No, it's Kwazy Cupcakes. With a backwards 'w.'" Holt: "There's no such thing as a backwards 'w.'"- After Gina catches Holt playing Krazy Cupcakes: "Captain, I think we've reached the point where you can start saying the 'w.'" - When looking for Holt, Gina describes him as a "tall, handsome gentleman, dressed like an airline pilot." - After Gina finds Holt playing the game in the bathroom: "This is no longer a men's room. It is now a liar's den." - Holt, yelling at Gina: "I realize 'kwazy' is a difficult word to say in anger, but I believe I have made my point clear." - Holt can't stop playing because "I'm just about... to enter... Sprinkle City." - During a lineup, Holt rearranges the perps by the color of the jackets to make a cupcake match.
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Gina Linetti is a woman of many talents: she heads an all-woman dance troupe named "Floorgasm," she handcrafts Joseph Gordon-Levitt nesting dolls, and she's a psychological marvel. But her most surprising skill, which was revealed on the most recent episode of Brooklyn Nine Nine, is that she's an incredibly competent adult, who can balance a checkbook and is in the market for some real estate opportunities. Most notably, Jake's apartment, which he inherited from his grandmother when she died, and which he can no longer afford now that the building is going Co-Op. To boot, all of the other apartments within his price range are horrific. Naturally, Jake handles her offer to purchase the apartment with grace — and by grace, we mean he kicks her out of his apartment and whines to Santiago.
Meanwhile, Captain Holt and Sergeant Jeffords are doing the yearly team evaluations, and even though Jeffords started out the day full of hope and excitement, the more evaluations he witnesses, the more depressed he becomes. Diaz and Boyle also team up to enact revenge against Det. Lohank (Matt Walsh), the cop who works the weekend shift and insists on shaving at the desk he shares with Diaz.
In the spirit of this week's episode of Brooklyn Nine-Nine, we've done our own evaluations in order to determine which characters made the grade as the MVPs of "The Apartment," and which ones cracked under the pressure.
Peralta and Gina"The Apartment" gave us two important facts about Gina: she grew up with Jake, and even though she's strange and unpredictable, she's extremely adept at handling her finances. The writers have given us a few clues about Gina's competence over the season — most notably, her ability to determine the best candidate for the IT job and her position as Holt's right-hand woman — which helps make the contrast between her obsession with Lycra bodysuits and her thriftiness a bit less jarring. Luckily, Chelsea Peretti and Andy Samberg (who actually did grow up together, in real life!) are a wonderful team, and they kept the jokes flying all night long. - Holt: "I know you would all rather be at home, binge-watching media content." / Jake: "Whoa! I just started the second season of Media Content. No spoilers." - The most important change Peralta has made in the last year? "I wear a tie sometimes." - Gina: "Nana made me the intelligent, sensuous woman I am today." / Jeffords: "Weird way to describe a grandmother's influence on you." - Peralta: "I'm psyched to be hanging like this. Old school stylez. Stylez with a 'z'." / Gina: "Oh, I could tell." - Gina, on how they're looking: "Sexy, but not like we're trying too hard. Like, sure, we're trying, but it's almost effortless." - Jake has purchased six massage chairs (because they don't make a massage couch), three turntables (although Gina says his DJ skills sound like "Joy Behar falling down stairs"), and Olympus Has Fallen on On Demand 12 times. Gina: "Was it a difficult film for you to follow?" - Jake: "Says the woman who's been engaged eight times." / Gina: "But never married once! Game, set, match: Linetti." - Gina, on the loan shark: "He is a sea witch in disguise. Do not sing into his shell!" - Jake: "I'm gonna be a homeless cop. It's like a made-for-TV movie. Which I will not be able to watch, because I will be homeless." - After Jake and Gina look at an apartment filled with cats that's described as pet friendly, Jake asks "Do they allow cats?" Landlord: "I can't tell if you're being sarcastic." - Gina's life long dream is to be on Wife Swap, she calls gum "the dentist," and she thinks Ray J is a national treasure. So what? She's eclectic. - Jake, on the break room couch he's considering sleeping on: "It feels like scoliosis and smells like 10,000 butts." - Gina: "What do you want, Jake? I'm watching Oprah's Legends Ball, which is what I do every time a close friend hurts me."
Sgt. Jeffords Terry has the unfortunate task of assisting Holt with the squad evaluations, and although he starts out confident, the longer they drag on, the more faith he loses in his team. A lot of the comedy in these scenes comes from Terry Crews' reaction shots, and it's wonderful to watch all of the hope he had for positive evaluations actually drain from his face over the course of the episode. Crews is brilliant at physical comedy, and even when he's in the background, he's still often the funniest person in the room. - To Jake, after he accidentally calls Holt "dad": "Hey! Show your father some respect!" - On the squad: "I feel like a proud mama hen whose baby chicks have learned to fly!" - Santiago: "You didn't want me to say flaws that are actually positive. Like when the Sergeant says it's bad that he works out so much." / Terry: "Whoa! Why the drive-by?" - On why he closed the blinds in Holt's office: "I'm gonna yell at you, and I don't want Santiago to read my lips."- Terry: "Scully and Hitchcock only arrested 14 people, but that's eight more than last year!" / Holt: "They only arrested six people last year?!" - I could watch a full episode of just Holt and Terry repeating the phrase "proud mama hen" over and over again.
Scully and Hitchcock Despite them being personal evaluations, Scully and Hitchcock do theirs together, because Scully doesn't handle pressure well, and Scully sweating and whimpering while Hitchcock brags about all of the arrests they had was the best visual gag of the night. - Hitchcock: "Not to brag, but Scully and I have a combined 14 arrests! It would have been 20, but it's only 14." / Holt: "That's not enough arrests." / Hitchcock: "Well, who asked you? This is a self-evaluation!"
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Television is really ripe for parody, and web series like Burning Love and Children's Hospital are rising up to satirize all of our network staples. Rob Corddry creates a hilarious send-up of medical drama that pokes fun at the likes of Grey's Anatomy, ER, Scrubs, and Patch Adams.
The doctors at Children's Hospital spend more time focused on their love lives and personal problems than on the juvenile patients in their care. Sound familiar? Dr. Cat Black (Lake Bell), later replaced by Dr. Valerie Flame (Malin Akerman), gives a Grey’s Anatomy-style narration that pokes fun at the pretension and self-absorption of medical drama leads. Corddry plays Dr. Blake Downs, a surgeon who only uses "the healing power of laughter." The best character is by far Megan Mullally as the Chief, whose crutches and walker parody Dr. Kerry Weaver (Laura Innes) of ER.
Each episode is comprised of one or two "episodes" of the web series. They include a "Previously On" reel of random intercut scenes that escalate a lot of the soap operatic plotlines of these shows. For example, Dr. Black gets into a relationship with a child with advanced aging disease played by Nick Kroll.
Corddry proves his real genius by penning a series that blends parody but still has its own unique spin. Not only does it borrow heavily from the genre, but it also manages to incorporate a blend of irreverent humor, the occasional offensive joke, and a lot of physical gags. There also is a meta-fictional element, with the characters occasionally breaking out of the hospital reality to reveal themselves as actors on the series Children’s Hospital. Corddry, for example, gives interviews before and after episodes as actor Cutter Spindell, and even gets his own spin-off that subsequently fails in enough time for him to return to CH.
A bonus: there are tons of cameos on the series. Quite a few members of The State pop up on the show. Ken Marino and David Wain are regular cast members and Joe LoTruglio (Brooklyn Nine-Nine), Thomas Lennon, and Kerri Kenney have made cameos as well as other comic actors like Jason Sudeikis, Michael Cera, and John Hamm.
Not only is the series funny and addictive, it's also short. You can get away with watching an episode or a few episodes when you have some time to kill. Luckily the first two seasons are available on Netflix.
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After meeting on last week's episode of Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Boyle's relationship with Vivian is now progressing at top speed, and his new-found love is giving him some new-found confidence. Peralta is worried that he's moving too fast and will scare Vivian away, so he tags along on a double date in order to stop him from ruining it. However, after a series of weird conversation topics, a hasty retreat from the dinner table and an accidental pepper spray war, both Peralta and Boyle discover that Vivian is just as crazy in love as Boyle is, and the two reunite in a sweet, yet surprisingly graphic, cap to the episode.
Meanwhile, Holt is facing opposition for the first time ever in his campaign for President of the African American Gay and Lesbian New York City Policeman’s Association (or AAGLNYCPA for short), an organization he founded and has nurtured for 25 years. Santiago and Diaz refuse to take a civilian who calls himself "Super Dan" seriously, despite the fact that he has evidence that could help them with their drug bust. Between a homemade superhero, Boyle's new low-slung jeans, and Scully and Hitchcock's in-depth ear cleaning, there was plenty to laugh at in "Full Boyle." But who managed to steal the show, and become president of this week's Brooklyn Nine-Nine?
Boyle and Peralta Now that Boyle's found love, he's full of confidence (he's even wearing tight jeans!) but that doesn't stop him from having a full-on meltdown when he feels like his enthusiasm might drive Vivian away. We've gotten a few glimpses at suave, confident Boyle before, and it was great to see the show revisit that, but Joe Lo Truglio plays manic and over-eager just as well as he does cool and collected, and so getting to see both of them in the same episode was a treat. He and Andy Samberg are turning out to be one of the show's most reliably funny duos, as the two of them continue to play off of each other brilliantly. - Before Boyle got his groove back, he was answering to Charlize Broil in the coffee shop for five years. - After Boyle sings Jimmy Buffet at a crime scene, Peralta snaps him out of it: "Dead guy, Charles." - Boyle, on the tourist he interviewed: "Guy was from Canada, said it was probably his fault for getting robbed, and then apologized for wasting my time." Peralta: "Oh, Canada. Truly the Odie to America's Garfield." - Peralta on what Boyle plans to have a skywriter write in the clouds: "'Charles loves V' means something very specific, and I'm guessing not what you're intending." - After Santiago tells Peralta he's too immature to help Boyle with his relationship: "I prefer to think of myself as a beautiful angel of love, but who is unable to find love for himself. Admit that you would see that movie!" - Between his finger-guns signal for Peralta to help him and his nervous giggle when Vivian arrives, Boyle was full of wonderful weirdness. - Peralta, meeting his date Bernice: "Hello, I'm Jack... Tractive." Berenice: "Jack Tractive?" Peralta: "My parents were hippies."- Peralta, changing the subject on their double date: "Here's a question for the group: What's the longest funeral you've ever been to?" - Boyle, to Vivian: "I love it when you talk broth." - After Boyle buys last minute tickets for him and Vivian to Rome: "We leave in two hours. It's a terrible itenerary, we connect through Vietnam."
Holt Like with Charles, this week gave us two great sides of Holt: he's flustered by the fact that someone is running against him, but he's still as serious and deadpan as always. "Full Boyle" was an episode that relied heavily on one-liners, and Andre Braugher delivered every single one of them perfectly. He's even brought back his habit of drawing out the ends of his sentences to make his delivery extra stilted, to great effect. - On the AAGLYNYCPA: "It's not really my organization. I mean, I did found it, and I have been president for the last 25 years, and I oversee every single detail, but really, it's our organization." - Gina, after meeting Brian Jensen: "He was a nice man." Holt: "He was. Now, let's figure out a way to... destroy him."- Holt's opening joke for his campaign speech: "What's the hardest part about being a black gay police officer? The discrimination... I believe that's what you call 'observational humor.'"- "The meeting is beginning. The stakes are very high for me. I'm getting nervous. My stomach is... in flux."- On Brian: "He has no gravitas. Do you know what gravitas sounds like? 'Greetings. Alllll.'"- Holt voted for himself when he was the only member of the group. There's nothing Holt enjoys more than obeying the rules. - Congratulating Brian on his new position as president: "If you screw this up, I will impeach you. I wrote the by-laws, so I know how to do it. But I'm very happy for you. But I will impeach you if necessary."
Gina Gina and Holt is a pairing that should make absolutely no sense. After all, she's completely insane and he's incredibly straight-laced. But they play off of each other brilliantly. Gina wasn't as off-the-wall as she has been in past episodes, which helped make it seem a bit less strange when she was the one delivering the serious speech that helped change Holt's mind, but thankfully wherever Gina goes, weirdness isn't too far behind. - "You should make me your campaign manager. I was born for politics: I have great hair and I love lying." - Gina's research on Brian Jensen is actually research on a World War I army commander from Norway. - After Holt dismisses her idea to deck him out in a silver suit, sunglasses and roller skates with a curt, "What else have you got?": "Nothing. I thought for sure that would be a slam dunk." - Floorgasm finally made an appearance, in all of their weird, awkward, terribly dressed glory. - On their Floorgasm routine: "Did you like it? It was inspired by the city of New York... in that I stole it form some kids I saw dancing in a subway station."
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Served as a main writer and actor on the MTV sketch series "The State"

Featured in a cameo role in "Pineapple Express"

Played a camp counselor in "Wet Hot American Summer"

Landed a cameo role as a bad driver in "Superbad"

Portrayed numerous characters in Comedy Central's "Reno 911!"

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Joe Lo Truglio may not have been the flashiest member of the '90s sketch comedy troupe The State, but his amiable goofiness and try-anything approach has served him well. After joining the NYU-based group in the late 1980s, Lo Truglio made the jump from stage to screen, appearing in all three seasons of the group's groundbreaking show "The State" (MTV, 1992-95). Lo Truglio's dry, sarcastic nature found him work as a character actor on such shows as the Comedy Central sketch series "Upright Citizen's Brigade" (1998-2000) before he reunited with many of his former State cast members in the cult summer comedy "Wet Hot American Summer" (2001). After a string of appearances on "Wainy Days" (My Damn Channel, 2007- ), Lo Truglio turned in a memorable role in the blockbuster hit "Superbad" (2007), and produced and starred in the soap opera parody "Horrible People" (My Damn Channel, 2008). With later roles in high-profile comedies like "Role Models" (2008), "Pineapple Express" (2008) and "Wanderlust" (2012), Lo Truglio proved himself a solid supporting player in the midst of comedic heavyweights such as Seth Rogen and Paul Rudd.

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New York University

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Counts British illustrator Edward Gorey and MAD magazine as major influences on his art.

Made Super-8 horror movies as a child; especially loved "Jaws" and anything based on Stephen King.

Has appeared in several web series, including "Wainy Days," "Burning Love" and "Horrible People."